Cuero High School 1970 Graduates Commence Address
Rev. Paul Abbott urged Cuero High School graduates to focus on building rather than shouting while addressing the 1970 commencement. He warned against easy demonstrations and emphasized constructive effort to raise the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Abbott
Cuero High School
Abbott
Grace Episcopal Church
Gyan. Nasirom
Gladys Sager
Peter Higgins
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Jo Buenning
Thomas Nolan Blantzer
John F. Wheeler
Board of Education
Abbert
Veterans groups condemn senators over Vietnam war aid
The American Legion national commander J Milton Patrick and Veterans of Foreign Wars chief Ray Gallagher condemn senators for withholding funds to force an honorable Vietnam exit with troop safety. They name Church Cooper Fulbright McGovern and others as driving surrender amid urging Congress to back the President’s Southeast Asia strategy.
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American Legion
J. Milton Patrick
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ray Gallagher
Washington, D. C
Poreten Ware
Southeast Asia
United States
Vietnam
Church
Cooper
Fulbright
McGovern
Congress
Memorial Day Rites Planned by Cuero Veterans Groups
Cuero VFW Post 3972 and American Legion Post 3972 will assemble at 8:45 PM at the American Legion Civic Center to march to Courthouse Square for a 9:00 AM memorial ceremony honoring DeWitt County war dead. Cuero Scouts invited. businesses urged to close and fly the flag.
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Cuero Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972
American Levion Post Cinter “v. 3
Levion Civic Center
Courthouse Square
DeWitt County
Cuero Boy Scouts
A. W. Schaffner
VFW
Paut Loos
Fost
S72 Veterans Organization
American Legion
Cuero
Population drop wounds DeWitt County and Cuero leaders
Preliminary census figures show DeWitt County down to 17 872 residents from 19 859 in 1960 and Cuero nearby may reach about 7 800 based on utilities and a city directory count. County Judge George Trowell and City Manager Wil Cockrell expressed alarm as officials across Texas react to shifts in urban and rural populations.
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DeWitt County
George Trowell
Texas
Wil Cockrell
Cuero
San Angelo
Dallas
Jorge Trowell
Gonzales County
Cockrell
Mattie Herring
Bee County
Lions Club Carnival Plans Set
Cuero Lions Club directors met to plan the annual July 4 carnival at Cuero Municipal Park with Gene Grate as chairman. They approved engraving Ervin Reinhardt on the city park monument and accepted a challenge from the Cuero Jayc ers to a donkey baseball game in June with LL Duckett captain.
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Cuero Lions Club
Lions
Cuero Municipal Park
Gene Grate
Ervin Reinhardt
City Park
Keinhardt
Etudied
Monday Night
Cuero Jaycers
LL. Duckett
Lions Club
Pecan Study Reservations Still Are Open
DeWitt County Agent Orval Wright reports reservations for a Pecan Study tour at the Brownwood station. Twenty nine people have signed up. others may contact Wright at the courthouse. A charter bus leaves Cuero at 7 a.m. and returns around 9 p.m. The USDA station is known for pecan production research and new varieties.
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Brownwood
DeWitt County
Orval Wright
Wright
Cuero
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles W Marquis Dies at 75 Prominent Cuero Figure
Charles W Marquis retired businessman died today at 12 50 p m in a York town nursing home at age 75 after years of ill health. He served Cuero as city Secretary and worked with Newman Hardware before founding Newman Marquis Hardware with J T Newman. Survived by wife Jeanette Marquis a son Charles W Marquis Jr a daughter Fimo Sample and six grandchildren. Interment is Hillside Cemetery with services pending from Freund Funeral Home.
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Charlies W. Marquis
Yorktown
Mr. Marquis
City of
Cuero
Newman Hardware
J. T. Newman
Newman-Marquis Hardware
Jeanette Marquis
Cuerod
Charles W. Marquis Jr
Irving
Fimo Sample
Smiley
Hillside Cemetery
Freund Funeral Home
Valley Officials Lash Out Over Census Count In Valley
Harlingen Mayor George Young criticized the 1970 census forms as too complex causing undercounting in the Lower Valley. He noted Harlingen lost 7 202 people in 10 years while Edinburg Mission Weslaco San Benito Kingsville and Alice also declined. San Antonio rose 10.2 percent to 648 189 as the state’s largest undercounted city.
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T Harlingen
George Young
Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Jeder
Abed
Young
Telluis
San Benito
Kingsville
Alice
MccAllen
Pharr
Brownsville
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Big Spring
Sweetwater
Vernon
Odessa
Beeville
San Antonio
Retiring County Aide Honored in Surprise Ceremony
DeWitt County Judge George Trowell honored Warne Lienhard upon her fifty years of county service. A surprise party at the county courthouse brought together coworkers and city officials as she retires after five years as assistant county auditor. Lawrence Henneke presented an orchid and silver loving cup bearing her name and service dates.
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DeWitt
George Trowell
Warne Lienhard
Lienhard
Lawrence Henneke
DeWitt County
Texas
Cuero Soldier Dies in Vietnam Swimming Accident
Specialis t 4 Robert Ragland, 20, of Cuero, drowned in a river near Vietnam while swimming. He served with the 440th Transportation Company HHC 36th Engineering Battalion and had been in Vietnam since June 1969. Survivors include parents, four brothers, two sisters, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Robert Ragland
Vietnam
Ragland
440Th Transportation Company
HHC 36Th Engineering Battalion
Cuero High School
Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Mrr
George Ragland Jr
610
Evers
Leroy
Fom Ragland
Houston
George
Johnny Raghind
Cuero
Alice Marie Ragland
Harriet Curtis
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Tous Tun
Kathleen Marie Smolik
Barbara Helen Bohman
Troy Gene Fox
DeWayne Scott
Jeanie Blalock
JLDGE
Lions Club Carnival
Thomas Nolan Bluntzer
Charles W. Marquis
New Fountain
Jeanette Casal
Valley
United Press
Bes Convent
Honor
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